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To Recognize and Celebrate Eric Henricks as the 2024 Recipient of Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s In the Trenches Award.
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WHEREAS, Eric Henricks is the 2024 recipient of Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s In the Trenches Award; and
WHEREAS, Eric earned his bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and his law degree from Capital University Law School; and
WHEREAS, Eric’s leadership has spearheaded Nationwide’s involvement in consumer clinics, brief advice clinics, and cases supporting small businesses and nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, Through his service on the Central Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel pro bono committee, Eric has recruited countless other lawyers to support Legal Aid’s requests for transactional legal help for nonprofits and small businesses; and
WHEREAS, Beyond engaging his peers in pro bono work, Eric is a consistent and reliable presence at the advice clinic at Central Community House, which Nationwide co-sponsors with Carpenter Lipps; and
WHEREAS, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio, in conjunction with the Ohio Poverty Law Center, is committed to searching out the patterns, causes of, and solutions to the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing low-income Ohioans and pursuing the legal recourse needed to address those problems; and
WHEREAS, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio is comprised of advocates who are passionate about providing legal services to low-income individuals, and it is an honor and a privilege to work with an organization that is committed to making the daily lives of Columbus residents better - a fact exemplified by the service of people such as Eric Henricks; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council recognizes and celebrates Eric Henricks as the 2024 Recipient of Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s In the Trenches Award.